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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

That I, LUCIAN HILL, of North Brookfield, in the county of Worcester, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented certainl neiv and useful Improvements in Fans; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact' description of the same, referencelbeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ot' this specification, in which- Figure l represents the fan spread for use.

Figure 2 represents it closed; and

Figure@ represents a longitudinal central section on line A B, lig. l.

To enable those skilled in the art to which my invention belongs to make and use the same, I Will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

In the drawings, the part marked A represents the fan part, which may be made of paper or of any other suitable material.- In this instance, the fan part A is made in circular form and pivoted at a, between the branches B B of the handle C. The fan part A is creased, as yshown at a a a, so that it can be folded up after it has been turned a quarter way around, as shown in iig. 2, one-haltl of the fan part A being folded upon each side of the branches of the handle C, as clearly indicated in the drawings. After the fan part A has been folded up, the elastic -loop'D, formed from ,the elastic cord E, is slipped over the fan, as shown in g.'2. When the fan has thus been'folded up and clasped, it @aube-carried about very conveniently. When wanted for use, Y

the clasp or loopD is slipped off, and the part A- spread out and turned a quarter Way around, as shown in fig. 1, when it is ready for use, the branches B B keeping the fan extended, the folds a being, when in this position, between and atrright angles tothe branches B B, as fully shown in the drawings. The branches B B are cut or curved ,out as shown atb, so as not to bind/upon the edge of the fan when it is turned upon its pivot a. The branches B B of the handle Gare united or connected at their points, as shown at c. They are also fastened at their otherends by a rivet, d. The l construction of my fan is such that it can be'made very quickly, and yetbe quite neat and highly nisherL p Having described my improved fan,'wnat I claim` as new and of my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A folding fan pivot-ed in the centre, and operating as described. Y

2. The combination of the fan part A'with the branches B B of the handle C, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with the fan part A and handle C, of the loop o1' clasp D, substantially as and for the purposes `set forth. v y

4. Making.I the handle C from two pieces, B B, united at both ends, as described, and cut or curved out to receive the fan'part A, as shown and described.

' LUCJIAN HILL.

Witnesses;

G. E. GILMORE,

J. EvAnTs GREENE. 

